[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 229 (Thursday, November 30, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 83465-83466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26505]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 229 / Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10678 of November 22, 2023

                
Thanksgiving Day, 2023

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                As families, loved ones, and friends across the country 
                come together to celebrate Thanksgiving, let us be 
                grateful for all the blessings of this Nation and its 
                limitless possibilities.

                Throughout our country's history, this season of 
                reflection and giving thanks comes in good times and 
                tough ones. Before there was a United States of 
                America, the Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving in honor 
                of their first successful harvest and the support and 
                generosity of the Wampanoag people who made it 
                possible. Amid the fierce battle for our Nation's 
                independence, General George Washington and his troops 
                celebrated Thanksgiving on the way to Valley Forge. 
                During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln 
                proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday to honor the 
                blessings of our country, even as he fought to preserve 
                our Union.

                This week, Americans will gather with their loved ones 
                and families, celebrating the love they share and the 
                traditions they built together. To those who are also 
                enduring hard times or grieving the loss of a loved 
                one, know that we are thinking of you.

                We are truly a good Nation because we are a good 
                people--the First Lady and I see it every time we 
                travel the country because we meet so many incredible 
                people doing the most extraordinary things. We have met 
                with service members, veterans, and their families, who 
                have selflessly served and sacrificed for our country. 
                We have witnessed the resolve of firefighters, police 
                officers, and first responders, who risk their lives 
                every day to protect us. We have seen the best of our 
                character in the doctors, nurses, scientists, public 
                servants, union workers, and teachers, who ensure 
                everyone is taken care of and no one is left behind. We 
                have seen all the possibilities this Nation holds in 
                the mothers, fathers, and caregivers, who work hard to 
                build a future worthy of their children's greatest 
                dreams, and in young people across the country, who are 
                the most talented, engaged, and educated generation in 
                history.

                This Thanksgiving we are grateful for our Nation and 
                the incredible soul of America. May we all remember 
                that we are the United States of America--there is 
                nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, 
                November 23, 2023, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I 
                encourage the people of the United States of America to 
                join together and give thanks for the friends, 
                neighbors, family members, and strangers who have 
                supported each other over the past year in a reflection 
                of goodwill and unity.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-second day of November, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of 
                the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                eighth.
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